Etobicoke (provincial electoral district)

This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district, see Etobicoke (electoral district).
Etobicoke
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created 1963
District abolished 1987
First contested 1963
Last contested 1987
Demographics
Census divisions Toronto
Census subdivisions Toronto

Etobicoke was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created prior to the 1963 provincial election and eliminated in 1987, when its territory was incorporated into the riding of Etobicoke—Rexdale. Etobicoke riding was created from the northern part of York West. It was in the former borough of Etobicoke.

Two Members of Provincial Parliament represented the riding during its history. The most notable was Ed Philip who served in Bob Rae's cabinet in a number of roles from 1990 to 1995.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Parliament Years Member Party
Created from York West riding in 1963
27th 1963-1967     Leonard Braithwaite Liberal
28th 1967-1971
29th 1971-1975
30th 1975-1977     Ed Philip New Democrat
31st 1977-1981
32nd 1981-1985
33rd 1985-1987
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into Etobicoke—Rexdale riding after 1987

Electoral results

Ontario general election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes[2] Vote %
    Liberal Leonard Braithwaite 8,193 42.71
    Conservative Geoffrey Grossmith[nb 1] 7,747 40.4
    New Democrat James Goodison 3,232 16.9
Total 19,172
Ontario general election, 1967
Party Candidate Votes[3] Vote %
    Liberal Leonard Braithwaite 13,138 42.8
    New Democrat Mort Warling 9,135 29.8
    Conservative John Allen 8,401 27.4
Total 30,684
Ontario general election, 1971
Party Candidate Votes[4][nb 2] Vote %
    Liberal Leonard Braithwaite 16,876 40.0
    Conservative Dennis Flynn 15,840 37.5
    New Democrat Clayton Peterson 9,103 21.6
    Independent Harold Lehman 416 1.0
Total 42,235
Ontario general election, 1975
Party Candidate Votes[5] Vote %
    New Democrat Ed Philip 8,995 37.7
    Liberal Leonard Braithwaite 7,758 32.5
    Conservative Bill Stockwell 7,134 29.9
Total 23,887
Ontario general election, 1977
Party Candidate Votes[6] Vote %
    New Democrat Ed Philip 11,604 46.0
    Conservative Rosalyn McKenna 6,785 26.9
    Liberal Ben Ballantone 6,313 25.0
    Libertarian Richard Bolstler 514 2.0
Total 25,216
Ontario general election, 1981
Party Candidate Votes[7] Vote %
    New Democrat Ed Philip 10,343 40.4
    Conservative Aileen Anderson 8,041 31.4
    Liberal Laureano Leone 7,199 28.1
Total 25,583
Ontario general election, 1985
Party Candidate Votes[8] Vote %
    New Democrat Ed Philip 16,746 54.2
    Conservative John Smith 7,624 24.7
    Liberal John Genser 6,543 21.2
Total 30,913

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Originally declared winner.
  2. ↑ 226 out of 233 polls reporting.

Citations

  1. ↑ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For Leonard Braithwaite's Legislative Assembly information see "Leonard A. Braithwaite, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
    • For Ed Philip's Legislative Assembly information see "Ed Thomas Philip, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
  2. ↑ Canadian Press (1963-09-26). "Who Won Which Seats In P.C.s Ontario Sweep". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). p. 20.
  3. ↑ Canadian Press (1967-10-18). "Provincial election results in Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). p. 66.
  4. ↑ Canadian Press (1971-10-22). "Here's who won on the Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). p. 12.
  5. ↑ Canadian Press (1975-09-19). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). p. A18.
  6. ↑ Canadian Press (1977-06-10). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). p. A10.
  7. ↑ Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star (Windsor, Ontario). p. 22. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
  8. ↑ Canadian Press (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen (Toronto). p. 43. Retrieved 2012-05-10.